Sanitary cuff-protector.



G. W. WILSON.

SANITARY CUFF PROTEGTOR.

APPLIOATION FILED APR 13, 1912.

1,089,612, Patented Mar. 10,1914.

Witnesses .Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANOURAIH co., WASHINGTON, n c.

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GEORGE W. WILSON, OF GREENLAND, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM T. FULTON, OF VIINSLOW, ARKANSAS.

SANITARY CUFF-PROTECTOR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Application filed April 13, 1312. Serial No. 690,633.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. l VrLson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenland, in the county of Washington and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Sanitary Cuff-Protector, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cuff protectors for use upon the forearms, so as to protect the cuffs and sleeves when the user is dining.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide in a single article, two cuff protectors having an integral connection between them which can be torn off of the protectors prior to the use thereof, this connection constituting a means whereby a pair of cuffs will be held assembled to facilitate the handling thereof prior to their use for the purposes intended.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings 1-Figure 1 is a detail view of the blank from which the article is shaped. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cuff properly shaped for use and prior to the removal of the connection therefrom.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 5 designates a cuff body or section having its side edges 19 diverging rearwardly and provided with slits 7 close to their forward ends. Score lines 9 extend from the slits 7 rearwardly and parallel and close to the edges 19 so as to form flaps 8. It is to be understood of course that two of these bodies or sections 5 are provided. The two bodies are connected by a section 10 the opposed corners of which, and which are designated at 15, are formed close to the inner flaps 8 of the respective sections 5. A gusset 11 connects each section 5 with the connecting section 10 and each gusset has a line or perforations 12 extending throughout the length thereof and in alinement with the edges 19.

In forming the device so as to adapt it for use, each of the bodies 5 is bent to bring the opposed edges 19 together whereby the flap 8 having the connection 10 thereon overlies or overlaps the other flap 8. These flaps are attached to opposite sides of the section 5 by any suitable adhesive material, or in any other desired manner. The forward end 6 of each body 5 is folded backward over the outer surface of the body on the transverse score line 18, the slits 7 also forming tongues 17 in front of the same and along the side edges of the body 5, which abut against each other when the cuff protector is formed and permit the forward end of the cuff protector to be expanded to accommodate the wrist of the wearer. After the sections 5 have been properly shaped, the connection 10 can be removed. It is to be understood that this connection can be used for any purpose and, if desired, can be made large enough to be used as a napkin after being removed from the two bodies 5. Importance is attached to the fact that the part 10 constitutes an integral connection between the bodies 5 so that said bodies are always kept in pairs while being handled.

The present device is designed particularly for use in lunchrooms, at picnics, and for other similar purposes, and its use has been found both convenient and hygienic.

It is to be understood that the device may be made of different materials and may be suitably colored or ornamented.

The cuff protectors may be folded or formed in various ways and are likewise susceptible of alterations which will be obvious.

What is claimed is As an article of manufacture, a blank for use in the production of a pair of cuff protectors, said blank consisting of a single sheet of flexible material made up of side members adapted to be rolled to form a cuff protector, and a connecting member interas my oWn, I have hereto affixed my signaposed therebetween there being a Weakture in the presence of two Witnesses.

ened line at each side of said interposed GFORGE xN KNILSON member along which it may be torn from 5 the side members, said interposed member Vitnesses:

when detached, constituting a napkin. J C. YoEs,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing M. T. CALDWELL.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of IPatents.

Washington, D. G. 

